each other, mobilising social and material infrastructures to sustain flexible spatial practices.
Their ability to adjust is differentiated, however, and their subjectivities cannot be read from …

This article addresses evolving ways of governing urban informality that increasingly draw
upon the management of space. Drawing inspiration from governmentality studies, the …

Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out among market sellers in Equatorial Guinea's
capital Malabo at the height of its oil-boom in 2010–2012, this paper explores how prices …

This chapter explores the interface between informality and national politics in Harare, the
capital city of Zimbabwe. We argue that urban land is used by opposing political parties as a …

This dissertation examines the relationship between city planning and everyday life in Kigali,
Rwanda. It focuses on markets, neighborhoods, and streets where Kigali residents …

This article is about the juxtaposition—or side-by-side coexistence—of divergent economic,
political, and city building processes in Kigali, Rwanda. I focus on abazunguzayi, nomadic …

[eng] This thesis is about grassroots strategies of material and political extraversion. It is an
ethnography of the provisioning of clothing goods in Equatorial Guinea and it bridges the …

The article explores how groups of informal workers understood the role of the city
management in the demolition of Kisekka, a spare parts market in Kampala doomed to be …

This chapter presents informal street work be understood as an important constituent of
urban politics. It attempts to uncover the nature of the politics, highlights its multifaceted …

This thesis examines Nairobi-based female filmmakers and is situated critically between
women's cinema studies, African screen media studies, transnational film studies, and …